Director of Healthcare Financial Analytics

ROLE SUMMARY The Director of Healthcare Financial Analytics leads Blueprint's financial and operational analysis support on state Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) engagements. While Blueprint does not lead hospital financial turnaround work, several state RHTP scopes require financial diagnostics support. This director provides that capability and ensures Blueprint can credibly contribute to financial sustainability analyses, payment model assessments, and back-office efficiency workstreams. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Diagnose financial and operational drivers of instability across rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, and rural service lines. Develop profiles of rural hospital cost structures and identify clinical and operational efficiency opportunities. Evaluate sustainable payment methodologies aligned with CMS requirements and tailored to rural providers. Support facility-level and county-level financial modeling for service line right-sizing. Contribute to back-office efficiency workstreams, including RCM, billing, and clinical efficiency tooling assessments. Partner with clinical transformation teams to translate financial findings into care model recommendations. QUALIFICATIONS Minimum 8 years of healthcare financial analysis experience, with hospital CFO-office or healthcare consulting background. Direct experience with Critical Access Hospital cost-based reimbursement, Medicare cost reports, DSH and UPL, supplemental payments, and 340B economics. Strong fluency in value-based payment models, alternative payment methodologies, and CMS rural payment policy. Demonstrated experience analyzing rural or small hospital financials. Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; comfort with claims data and APCDs. PREFERRED Prior experience at HMA, Manatt Health, Sellers Dorsey, Myers and Stauffer, Mercer, or similar. MHA, MBA, MPH, or CPA credential. Familiarity with CMMI rural demonstration models and Rural Emergency Hospital financial structure. ABOUT BLUEPRINT CREATIVE GROUP Blueprint is the rural health transformation implementation partner for states translating OBBBA RHTP plans into community-level results. We connect state strategy to rural community execution through data-informed engagement, workforce activation, and equity-centered communications.